XTC Internet Explorer
How do I lock out Internet Explorer so my users cannot access it?
Click Start, then click Run or go to Start/All Programs, Administrative Tools/Local Security Policy.
Type secpol.msc and then click OK.
Go to software restriction policies, right-click on Additional Rules.
Left-click New Path Rule...
Under Path, enter the patch to Internet Explorer (default path is C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
Under Security Level, be sure that Security Level is set to Disallowed.
Click Apply.
Lock down Internet Explorer on Windows XP machines
To fix this problem we used the following solution:
To quickly disable and enable Flash in Internet Explorer on demand, here is an extension of the above registry edit. Tested with NT 4 but should also work in XP and Win 2K.
Use a text editor (Notepad is fine) to create file:
c:\flash_disable.reg
Enter the following 3 lines - NOTE** (everything between brackets [] should begin and end on one line)
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibility\{D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000}]
"Compatibility Flags"=dword:00000400
Save this file and create another file, name it c:\flash_enable.reg
Enter the following 3 lines - NOTE** (everything between brackets [] should begin and end on one line)
REGEDIT4
[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\ActiveX Compatibility\{D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000}]
Save this file and exit the editor.
You can now choose how you would like to run each of the created files.
Click Start-Run and type C:\flash_disable.reg, or C:\flash_enable.reg.
Create shortcuts on your desktop to execute files.
Create Start menu items to Disable or Enable Flash.